Biochemistry of cell membranes : a compendium of selected topics

Signal transduction.- The role of p21ras in receptor tyrosine kinase signaling.- Casein kinase-2 and cell signaling.- Molecular structure of G protein-coupled P2 purinoceptors.- RAS proteins and control of the cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Membrane traffic: Proteins and lipids.- Protein import into mitochondria.- Translocation of bacterial protein toxins across membranes.- Non-clathrin coat proteins in biosynthetic vesicular protein transport.- Role of the GTP/GDP switch for the function of rab5 in endocytosis.- Regulation of autophagy.- Glycosphingolipids and sphingolipid activator proteins: Cell biology, biochemistry and molecular genetics.- Bioenergetics: Energy transfer and membrane transport.- On the mechanism of proton pumps in respiratory chains.- Energetics and formation of ATP synthase: Allosteric, chemiosmotic and biosynthetic control of ?? and ??? core.- Mitochondrial ATP synthase: Progress toward understanding the relationship between its unique structure and its biological function.- Structure-function relationships in the mitochondrial carrier family.- Cellular ion homeostasis.- Metabolic conversions of NAD+ and cyclic ADP ribose at the outer surface of human red blood cells.- Mg2+ Homeostasis in cardiac ventricular myocytes.- Growth factors and adhesion molecules.- Signal transduction by growth factor receptors.- Cell surface associated mucins: Structure and effects on cell adhesion.- Role of ?1 integrin cytoplasmic domain in signaling and cell adhesion.- Structural analysis of membrane proteins.- Structural analysis of membrane proteins.- Helix-helix interactions inside membranes.- Annexin V: Structure-function analysis of a voltage-gated, calcium-selective ion channel.- Structure and function of the membrane channel porin.- Membranes and disease.- Oxygen damage and mutations in mitochondrial DNA associated with aging and degenerative diseases.